Susan Griffiths

Released on by California State University, Fullerton. Center for Oral and Public History. El Toro Marine Corps Air Station Oral History Project
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  • Author : California State University, Fullerton. Center for Oral and Public History. El Toro Marine Corps Air Station Oral History Project
  • Release Date : 2008
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  • Genre : Families of military personnel
  • Pages : 48
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  • File Size : 15,15 MB
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Susan Griffiths by California State University, Fullerton. Center for Oral and Public History. El Toro Marine Corps Air Station Oral History Project PDF Summary

Book Description: An oral history with Susan Griffiths, resident of Escondido, California, divorced spouse of a former member of the United States Marine Corps (USMC), and mother of Lilian Cooper (OH 3617). This interview was conducted as part of the Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) El Toro Project for California State University, Fullerton and the Center for Oral and Public History. The purpose of this interview was to gather information regarding Griffiths' experiences at and around El Toro. This interview includes discussion about growing up on a dairy in Southern California; recounts meeting her husband, a Marine, at the beach, before he was sent to the Pacific Theater of World War II; talks about military family life, recalling her time at El Toro, Parris Island, South Carolina, and in Massachusetts; details base housing at El Toro, speaking about living in a Quonset Hut, including decorating round walls, monthly rent, and laundry service; discusses amenities at El Toro, including swimming pools, a movie theater, PX, commissary, medical care, and schools; comments on the USMC's lack of provision for family housing overseas; discusses her ex-husband's gift for recruitment; reflects on marital problems in military homes, detailing her divorce; discusses the effect of a military life on children; reviews impact of El Toro on the Orange County, California community. This oral history spans 1920s-2007. Bulk dates: 1940s-1960s.

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